Optical Alignment Of The Airborne Laser Laboratory's Gas Dynamic Laser Cavity

J. P. Mills; C. E. Moeller

doi:10.1117/12.959475

31 December 1980 Optical Alignment Of The Airborne Laser Laboratory's Gas Dynamic Laser Cavity

J. P. Mills, C. E. Moeller

Proceedings Volume 0251, Optical Alignment I; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959475
Event: 24th Annual Technical Symposium, 1980, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A design approach for an alignment system for an unstable resonator is presented. A description of the Air Force airborne gas-dynamic laser resonator is followed by the results of a paraxial ray trace, including aperture stops, of the images used in the alignment method. An analysis of these results led to the design of the resonator alignment system.

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J. P. Mills and C. E. Moeller "Optical Alignment Of The Airborne Laser Laboratory's Gas Dynamic Laser Cavity", Proc. SPIE 0251, Optical Alignment I, (31 December 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959475

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